May 2026

10th Social Justice Theory Workshop

Annual Intensive Research Workshop

The 10th edition of this intensive research workshop will take place on May 28–29.

Workshop papers will be pre-circulated, and participation implies a commitment to reading the papers in advance.

This workshop is organized by Pablo Gilabert and Peter Dietsch, in association with the Social Justice Centre (Concordia University), le Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉ) and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Victoria.

The workshop will be in person. Places are limited. If you would like to participate, please write to Christiane Bailey (sjc@concordia.ca).

Navigating the Leviathan - A Skeptical Ethos for Animal Politics

by David J. Holroyd (University of Sheffield)

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
12 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

The Research Centre in Ethics (CRÉ), the Social Justice Centre (SJC) and the Research Group on Environmental and Animal Ethics (GRÉEA) are pleased to welcome David J. Holroyd (University of Sheffield), who will give a talk entitled Navigating the Leviathan: A Skeptical Ethos for Animal Politics.

Abstract:

Within contemporary Animal Politics, the state is frequently positioned as the primary vehicle for justice, with animals framed as the ‘next frontier’ for integration via legal rights and representation. However, this extensionist approach frequently overlooks the state’s historic role in facilitating the systemic exclusion and political subordination of nonhuman animals. Given this reality, how should animalist scholars orient themselves toward the state?

Join us in person or online. To participate in person, Room 309, CRE, 2910 Edouard-Montpetit, Université de Montréal. To participate online: see link on the CRÉ's website.

Book Launch Webinar : Mobilizing Data for Justice

The Data Justice Hub hosted a webinar for the new book, Mobilizing Datafor Justice: A Guide to Activism in the Digital Age.

The recording is now available online on youtube.

Featuring:

Erin McElroy, Associate Professor, University of Washington, and cofounder of the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project

Jacinta Gonzalez, Head of Programs, MediaJustice

Munira Lokhandwala, Co-Executive Director, LittleSis: Public Accountability Initiative

Petra Molnar, Associate Director, Refugee Law Lab

Les animaux: De choses à êtres sentients

10 ans après la réforme du droit animalier au Québec

Ce colloque public portait sur le bilan des 10 ans suivant la réforme du droit animalier de 2015 qui, sur le plan juridique, a fait passer les animaux de choses à êtres sentients.

Le colloque ouvert au public s'est déroulé au Cinéma De Sève le samedi 16 mai 2026 suivi d’une réception à l'Université Concordia.

Pour un résumé de l'événement et des photos, visiter l’Observatoire québécois de droit animalier (OQDA).

Atelier de recherche intensif sur les animaux

Le 15 mai 2026, cet atelier de recherche en chantier a permis aux chercheur·euses d’échanger de manière approfondie sur leur recherche en cours, tout en favorisant la création de liens durables entre les personnes œuvrant dans les domaines de recherche relatifs aux animaux.

Pour un résumé de l'événement et des photos, visiter l’Observatoire québécois de droit animalier (OQDA).

So an AI Data Centre is coming to your community?

Don't panic! A roundtable on strategies for building community power

Friday, June 12, 2026
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

oin us as we hear from speakers who are waging citizen-led campaigns against data centres in their backyard.

We will discuss the promise and hype of AI, the social and environmental impacts of AI data centres, the unsavory connection between the tech oligopoly and captured governments attempting to impose AI and AI data centres on the population and across the landscape. Lastly, we will discuss concrete strategies for how communities have been organizing and how to scale up the struggle.

This will be a hybrid event: Register here and let us know if you will join us in person or online.

Refreshments will be served.